Water projects in the countryside of Aleppo and Raqqa increase are of agriculture lands

Economy & Aftermath

On March 28th, the Minister of Water Resources Dr. Tamam Raad toured the countryside of Raqqa and Aleppo and visited a number of water projects. 

During the tour, the minister checked the work in the Maskan Sharq project, 100kms eastern Aleppo city, and the ninth farm project in Raqqa countryside, which was damaged and sabotaged by terrorism. 

Minister Raad visited Al-Assad facility project in the countryside of Manbi and the MaskanahWest project, which irrigates 35 thousand hectares of land in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. 

Minister Raad toured the Jab Ghabsha project, which provides irrigation water for the lands of 28 villages as a first stage. 

Minister Raad said that the Maskanah Sharq project irrigates ten thousand hectares in the governorate of Aleppo and seven thousand and five hundred hectares in the governorateof Raqqa. 

Minister Raad indicated that the Al-Assad facility project in Manbij countryside irrigates 17 thousand hectares of land, and its maintenance is done through a contract with the General Company for Water Projects, at a value of about 265 million pounds. 

He added that the Maskanah West project provides the necessary irrigation water for 35 thousand hectares of land. 

Director of Operation and Maintenance in the Upper Euphrates Basin Engineer Abd Al-Wahhab Ghadban said that the ninth farm project, was destroyed by terrorism. 

Engineer, Anas Abu Dan, in charge of running the work of the Water Corporation in Aleppo, mentioned that the project in the village of Tal Maksour feeds 50 villages, including Jab Ghabsha, Al-Seen and its surroundings. The approximate value of the project is 4 billion pounds.

He said that the project consists of two pumping lines, as a first stage targeting 26 villages, and a second stage that includes 24 villages.

A number of farmers expressed their optimism in light of the implementation of a number of vital projects in the field of irrigation and canalization. 

O. al-Mohammad

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